Interstate 295 (Florida)

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Interstate 295
Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System
Maintained by FDOT
Length: 35.511 mi[1] (57.15 km)
south end: I-95/SR 9/SR 9A
Major
junctions:		 US 17
I-10
US 1 / US 23
north end: I-95/SR 9/SR 9A
Florida State and County Roads
< SR 294 SR 295 >

Interstate 295 (abbreviated I-295) is a bypass route around the west side of Jacksonville, Florida, which measures 35.511 miles (57.15 km) in length. It is an auxiliary route of Interstate 95. The highway forms a contiguous loop around central Jacksonville in conjunction with State Road 9A.

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[edit] Route description

Interstate 295 currently begins at its southern junction with I-95 and SR 9A. A stack interchange at this location was completed in phases between 2005 and 2006. The road then loops around the southwest side of Jacksonville, shortly serving as the border between Clay County and Duval County and running just north of the city of Orange Park. The road then continues towards an intersection with Interstate 10. From this point, it loops around the northwest side of Jacksonville to rejoin I-95 and SR 9A just north of the Trout River and south of Jacksonville International Airport.

[edit] Future

Upon completion of the multi-level stack interchange at SR 9A and SR 202 (J. Turner Butler Boulevard), which is ahead of schedule and may be completed by the end of 2008, the entire Jacksonville beltway will be signed as Interstate 295, and as such, I-295 will gain 25.585 miles in overall length.[2] The route currently signed as SR 9A will become the I-295 East Beltway, and the route currently signed as I-295 will become the I-295 West Beltway.[3]

Extending from the southeast corner of this loop will be a new approximately 11-mile expressway: Interstate 795 (SR 9B). In May 2008, the SR 9B project was suspended by the Florida Department of Transportation.

[edit] Sniper incidents

In 1992, a series of sniper shootings and concrete block and brick throwing attacks occurred on Interstate 295, resulting in the death of one motorist, William Klinedinst, after a concrete block landed on the hood of his moving car, causing it to crash. Another motorist, Debra Lewis, received a bullet wound to the face, and several other injuries occurred.[4] The incidents spurred then-governor Lawton Chiles to dispatch the Florida National Guard to patrol the roadway and the American Automobile Association to issue a rare travel warning for the interstate and direct its customers to avoid its use.[5] A task force was set up by the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office (JSO) to investigate the incidents and, though charges were filed, they were eventually dropped. The task force was disbanded at the end of 1992 and the incidents remained unsolved to this day.

[edit] Exit list

County Location Mile[2] # Destinations Notes
Duval Jacksonville 0.000 I-95 – Daytona Beach, Jacksonville
3.081 3 Old St. Augustine Road
4.885 5A-B SR 13 (San Jose Boulevard)
9.608 10 US 17 (Roosevelt Boulevard/Park Avenue)
11.719 12 SR 21 (Blanding Boulevard)
15.445 16 SR 134 (103rd Street)
17.467 17 SR 208 (Wilson Boulevard)
19.482 19 SR 228 (Normandy Boulevard)
20.659 21A-B I-10 – Jacksonville, Lake City
22.238 22 Commonwealth Avenue
24.847 25 Pritchard Road
27.704 28A-B US 1 / US 23 (New Kings Road)
30.046 30 Dunn Avenue
31.693 32 SR 115 (Lem Turner Road)
33.364 33 Duval Road
35.091 35A-B I-95 – Jacksonville, Jacksonville International Airport, Savannah, GA

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Florida Department of Transportation. FDOT GIS data. Retrieved on June 27, 2007.
  2. ^ a b Florida Department of Transportation. FDOT Interchange Report. Retrieved on July 15, 2007.
  3. ^ First Coast News (WTLV/WJXX). State Road 9A To Get New Name. Retrieved on June 11, 2008.
  4. ^ Scars of I-295. Retrieved on April 16, 2008.
  5. ^ Florida Guard to Patrol Highway to Halt Attacks. Retrieved on April 16, 2008.
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Auxiliary routes of Interstate 95